Do You Lose Your Hives This Winter?

I had six hives at the end of winter. All of them had made it, because i could see by the activity on a warm day. And then i went in them the other day and I lost four out of six  and i came out with two. So this year, i know i'm going to catch at least two swarms off of my hive or make more splits. That means im gonto have to start sell nooks. A nook is a five frame box of bees with a queen. It can be very lucrative. But if you have an extensive amount of property and resources, that's how you look in these fields. Wen you see all these h